SoftBank’s Vision Fund has recently backed out of several start-up investments following the public spiral of its portfolio company WeWork, Axios reported Monday. SoftBank’s decision to pull away from potential investments could be a symptom of its more cautious approach as it ramps up its second multibillion-dollar Vision Fund. SoftBank’s original $100 billion Vision Fund spent about $80 billion in less than three years. Discussions with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Mubadala Invest

Samsung typically announces its new Galaxy flagship phones in February, so the company is likely to unveil the successors to its family of Galaxy S10 phones that launched last year. The Galaxy S11 could continue that momentum and will give Samsung a chance to sell millions of 5G phones before Apple. Galaxy S11/Galaxy S20The Galaxy S10 family. Some rumors have suggested it may be named the Galaxy S20 instead of the Galaxy S11 to represent the year 2020. Last year, Samsung announced four models: t

Government site attacked by alleged Iranian hackersCNBC’s Contessa Brewer takes a look at the cybersecurity threat Iran poses as tensions rise with the United States.

Crowdstrike CEO: Kinetic and cyber retaliation from Iran ‘certainly a possibility’Crowdstrike CEO George Kurtz says cyber threats from U.S. adversaries like Iran are common. He tells CNBC’s Jim Cramer how the cybersecurity firm fends off attacks.

Attendees visit the Disney+ streaming service booth at the D23 Expo on August 23, 2019 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. ROBYN BECK | AFP | Getty ImagesDisney’s streaming business is already being valued by investors at more than $100 billion, according to an estimate by Barclays, showing that investors have high confidence less than two months after Disney+ launched. That leaves Disney’s direct-to-consumer streaming businesses worth around $107 billion to $108 billion. Th

Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers the keynote address during the 2019 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) at the San Jose Convention Center on June 03, 2019 in San Jose, California. Apple’s stock hasn’t been this expensive in a decade, top-rated technology analyst Toni Sacconaghi said. The iPhone maker is trading at its highest multiple in ten years, which will limit upside from here, he added. “We struggle to see material upside from here, given that Apple is now the most expensive it’s been

More importantly, your answer could easily make or break your chances of landing the job. ‘Tell me about yourself’: An example of the perfect answerAccording to the advisors at Yale University’s Office of Career Strategy, the best answers to “Tell me about yourself” all include a “motivational story.” There isn’t a standard rule for how long your answer should be, though a general guideline is to keep it under two minutes. The answer above consists of all the elements that Yale’s career experts

Wildfires have ravaged the southeast states of Australia over the past few months, with officials warning that they are likely to get worse during the continent’s summer months, compounded by devastating drought conditions and record-high temperatures. The blazes have destroyed over 2,000 homes and killed at least 24 people, according to local officials. The New South Wales Rural Fire Service, which is fighting the blazes, stated on its website that the best way to help relief and evacuation eff

In the past decade, AT&T grew just 71% in market valuation compared with Netflix’s explosive growth of more than 4,000%. Those who invested in AT&T 10 years ago would have earned a healthy return. Now a booming media company, AT&T has made big business moves and faced significant challenges in recent years. Although news that AT&T won the case drove its shares down 2%, it boosted Time Warner shares 5% in extended trading on June 12, 2018. These breaches resulted in the unauthorized disclosure of

What leverage Iran has over the USMichael Greenwald, former U.S. Treasury Attaché, and CNBC’s Michelle Caruso-Cabrera join ‘The Exchange’ to discuss the U.S.-Iran relationship and what’s next for the conflict.

Check out the companies making headlines midday Monday:Alphabet — Alphabet shares gained more than 2% and hit an all-time high after an analyst at Pivotal Research upgraded them to buy from hold. SmileDirectClub — SmileDirectClub jumped nearly 19% on Monday after the company announced a deal to sell some of its products at Walmart. CrowdStrike — Shares of the cybersecurity company surged more than 9% after CEO George Kurtz told CNBC’s Jim Cramer that the company had a great quarter. Commercial M

Burger King has launched its plant-based Rebel Whopper in the U.K. — but vegetarians and vegans will probably turn their noses up at it. The new Whopper, made available Monday to those who download the Burger King app, is “100% plant-based” but will be cooked on the same grill as Burger King’s regular beef Whopper burgers. A disclaimer on Burger King’s U.K. website states: “The Rebel Whopper is plant-based; however, it is cooked on the same broiler as our original Whopper to deliver the same uni

Tom Hanks, winner of the Cecil B. Demille Award, poses in the press room during the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 05, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. Award-winning actor Tom Hanks said he’d taken inspiration, or “stolen,” from a long list of fellow Hollywood legends during his career, in a tearful acceptance speech at the 77th annual Golden Globes on Sunday night. He counted co-stars Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington, Antonio Banderas, Meg Ryan, Julia Ro

Australia has been burning since September and an end to the catastrophic destruction does not appear to be in sight. The wildfires have already claimed more than two dozen lives and destroyed almost 2,000 homes, according to the Associated Press. Hundreds of millions of animals are also believed to have died as the fires have scorched an area twice the size of Maryland. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the government is committing an extra 2 billion Australian dollars (US $1.4 billion) to “em

As the U.S. braces for more conflict with Iran, Tehran says it is backing further away from a landmark 2015 deal to limit its development of nuclear weapons. The state announced Sunday that it would not follow a key guideline of the agreement following the U.S. killing of its top general, Qasem Soleimani, on Thursday. Iran said it will not abide by the deal’s caps on the number of uranium enrichment centrifuges it can operate. The latest spike in tensions follows decades of enmity between the U.

Defense stocks have risen since a U.S. airstrike killed Gen. Qasem Soleimani, Iran’s top military commander, last week. That outperformance by defense stocks should continue if the market follows trends from the past three decades. The analysis found that defense stocks earned double the return of the S&P 500 in the six months after a crisis event. Trump signed a $738 billion National Defense Authorization Act last month, $21 billion bigger than the previous year’s bill. But even without Congres

Escalated geopolitical tensions swooped in and spoiled the market’s party in the new year, and Wall Street analysts warned the sell-off might be just beginning. After a historic run in 2019 and a strong first day of 2020, the S&P 500 fell after a U.S. airstrike in Iraq killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani on Friday, spiking oil prices. Stocks were weak for most of the day Monday before paring some of their losses as the oil spike eased. Some on Wall Street see a deeper sell-off on the horizon

Just after Monday’s opening bell on Wall Street, Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street” that the key to the stock market is: “Gold, gold, gold,” which was up for the ninth straight session. “When I see this endless buying for gold it makes me think for the first time people are just saying, ‘I’m really fearful,'” said Cramer. He pointed out that the gold buying started even before Thursday night’s U.S. drone strike in Iraq that killed top Iranian commander Gen. Qasem Soleimani as he was leaving B

President Donald Trump’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr. posted a photo on his Instagram account boasting about his new assault rifle magazine, which features an image of Hillary Clinton’s face behind jail bars. That magazine is inserted into the well of the AR-15, which has been modified to resemble the helmet of a Christian crusader, with a Jerusalem Cross. “Nice day at the range,” Trump Jr. wrote on the Instagram post Sunday. The Jerusalem Cross or Crusader Cross was the symbol of the the Latin K

Battery electric vehicle registrations grew to 37,850 in 2019, an increase of 144% compared to 2018, when 15,510 were registered. By contrast, in addition to the 144% growth in battery electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicle registrations increased by 17.1% to 97,850 units. Electric vehicles are becoming the car of choice for an increasing number of drivers, but they do face challenges, not least when it comes to perceptions surrounding range and charging infrastructure. The market share for